Sixty years ago Elon College professor, Dr. Thomas Powell, Jr., started selling amoebas and frogs to biology teachers. That humble beginning grew into Burlington-based Carolina Biological Supply Company, a company that produces scientific educational products that include everything from maggots to tarantulas to kits that teach genetic engineering. It is the largest company of its type in the world, employing over 400 people with sales of over $25 million a year.

Greensboro seeks to create an image that is distinct from Raleigh or Charlotte. To do this, the city has embarked upon its biggest downtown construction boom since the Great Depression of the 1920s. Robinson discusses what is being built where, when, and by whom.